- Adjective: Anodyne
- not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so. “anodyne New Age music”
- Noun: Anodyne
- a painkilling drug or medicine.
- Synonyms (adjective):
- Harmless
- Benign
- Innocent
- Innocuous
- Inoffensive
- Safe
- Usage:
“Like the Mule, it cut the ginger beer’s sweetness with half a lime, squeezed into the glass and then dropped into it. And like the Mule, it was based on the cutting-edge spirit of its day. In 1900—and here’s why I prefer the drink—that meant not an anodyne distillate like vodka, but rather a good, rich blended Scotch whisky.”
- Encountered:
While reading an article on The Daily Beast – Mamie Taylor is the Original Moscow Mule
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